From Frankfurt at Musikmesse, Presonus launches its new INSPIRE 1394 audio mobile interface. This expandable FireWire Recording Interface (24-bit/96k) is software controlled and features four analog inputs (two custom-designed PreSonus microphone preamplifiers with +48V phantom power and two instrument Hi-Z inputs), two analog outputs. Software's controls include : input gain, phantom power, limiter (off/on), preamp boost (off/on), sample rate, headphone volume, main output volume as well as zero latency input mixing with playback mixing. Four INSPIRE 1394's can be connected together for up to sixteen simultaneous inputs of 24-bit/96k recording.

INSPIRE 1394 is compatible with ASIO and Core Audio.

Da Fact (Digital Access Factory) is introducing its ground breaking controller. this strange beast is definitely not any-like others. It doesn't play notes even! You play over the MIDI itself: each "key" is pression sensitive and can be freely controller assigned. The DaFact can also turn on itself, another control. And guess what it does when you move it around in space? (up, down, left, right…) it sends controls too! How does it communicate? it receives and sends MIDI other USB or HF and it runs on batteries filled when needed by the USB connection.

Price and availability TBA

FXpansion announces Universal Binary versions for BFD and Guru at Frankfurt Musikmesse. These new Intel-based Mac compatible versions will be released second Quarter 2006. These updates will be free updates for registered users. Guru is a beatbox, it's architecture is perfect for anything from straight-up breaks and stomping floor-fillers to complex polyrhythmic, multi-layered grooves.

K Multimedia has just announced the upcoming support of the Intel-based Apple computer with Intel Core Duo processors. New versions for the MacIntel platform will be available for all IK Multimedia products. IK Multimedia will start shipping these MacIntel compatible versions during the 2nd quarter of 2006,

Presonus is enlarging its DigiMax range with the FS, a brand new 8 class A mic preamp in a 1U rack. It feeds 8 channels in ADAT (i/o) at 24bit/96 kHz in dual SMUX with balanced direct outputs and inserts on each channel.

Price and availability TBA.